Posted in Paintings on April 9, 2007 | No Comments »
Hello All, I hope everyone had a Holy and Happy Easter Sunday, and wishes for continued joy this Pashaltide. For Paschaltide, the header has been changed. The painting of the Resurrection is by Passignano.
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That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light to [...]
Posted in Paintings on April 7, 2007 | No Comments »
Know you not that all we, who are baptized in Christ Jesus, are baptized in his death? For we are buried together with him by baptism into death; that as Christ is risen from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we also may walk in newness of life. For if we have been [...]
Posted in Pictures on April 6, 2007 | No Comments »
Then he released to them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him unto them to be crucified. Then the soldiers of the governor taking Jesus into the hall, gathered together unto him the whole band; And stripping him, they put a scarlet cloak about him. And platting a crown of thorns, they put it upon [...]
Posted in Agemian on April 5, 2007 | No Comments »
For when you see the Lord sacrificed, and laid upon the altar, and the priest standing and praying over the victim, and all the worshippers empurpled with that precious blood, can you then think that you are still amongst men, and standing upon the earth? Are you not, on the contrary, straightway translated to Heaven, [...]
Posted in Paintings on April 4, 2007 | No Comments »
And whilst they were at supper, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke: and gave to his disciples, and said: Take ye, and eat. This is my body. And taking the chalice, he gave thanks, and gave to them, saying: Drink ye all of this. For this is my blood of the new testament, which [...]
Posted in Pictures on April 3, 2007 | No Comments »
All the ends of the earth shall remember, and shall be converted to the Lord: And all the kindreds of the Gentiles shall adore in his sight. For the kingdom is the Lord’s; and he shall have dominion over the nations. All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and have adored: all they [...]
Posted in Paintings on April 2, 2007 | No Comments »
To carry the cross, to love the cross, to chastise the body and bring it to subjection, to flee honors, to endure contempt gladly, to despise self and wish to be despised, to suffer any adversity and loss, to desire no prosperous days on earth — this is not man’s way. If you rely upon [...]
